CNN: Iran parades missile during anniversary of US Embassy takeover

2019-02-22 (27 Days Old)Total Views: 61 | Last 7 Days: 21

Iran commemorated the 38th anniversary of the US Embassy takeover Saturday with a potent missile display as thousands of demonstrators gathered in Tehran to mark the event that triggered the hostage crisis and sparked the decades-old rift in US-Iranian relations.

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